Un|ion

Un|ion
un|ion «YOON yuhn», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. the action of uniting: »

the union of hydrogen and oxygen in water.

2. the state of being united: »

The United States was formed by the union of thirteen former British colonies. All your strength is in your union (Longfellow).

3. a group, as of people or states, united for some special purpose: »

a credit union, a customs union, the Pan American Union. The American colonies formed a union.

SYNONYM(S): combination, consolidation, fusion, coalition, confederation, league, merger.
4. a group of workers, joined together to protect and promote their interests; labor union; trade union.
5. = marriage. (Cf.marriage)
6. a flag, or part of one, that is an emblem of union. The blue rectangle with stars in the American flag is the union.
7. a building set aside by an institution for social gatherings, plays, and dances.
8. any one of various devices for connecting parts of machinery or apparatus, especially a piece to join pipes or tubes together; coupling.
9. Mathematics. a set including all the members which belong to either or both of two sets without repeating any members; join. Example: If set A = 1, 2, 3, 4 and set B = 4, 5, 6, then the union of the two sets is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
10. a fabric woven of two or more different yarns, especially one containing cotton and another yarn.
11. Especially British. a) a number of parishes united for the administration of the poor laws. b) a workhouse maintained by such parishes.
–adj.
having to do with or belonging to a labor union: »

union goods, union workers, union rules. The two union dancers had been supplemented by a dancer…and…no one seemed to know whether she was union or not (Renata Adler).

[< Latin ūniō, -ōnis < ūnus one; unity; a uniting]
Synonym Study noun. 1, 2 Union, unity mean a forming or being one. Union emphasizes the joining of two or more things, people, or groups to form a whole, or the state of being joined together as a unit: »

The Constitution of the United States replaced the Articles of Confederation in order to form a more perfect union of the states than had existed before.

Unity emphasizes the oneness of the whole thus formed: »

The strength of any group is in its unity.

Un|ion «YOON yuhn», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a) the United States of America: »

My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery (Abraham Lincoln). The Constitution…looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States (Salmon P. Chase).

b) those states that supported the federal government of the United States during the Civil War.
2. British. the United Kingdom.
–adj.
of or having to do with the Union: »

Union soldiers. Early in the summer of 1861 he espoused the Union cause (Nathaniel P. Langford).

[< union]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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